Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-08-09

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10 ooze out at his fingers ends.
"Thcrc IL no relation between Stephen
Belcher and myself. exeep, that Of co un'
.ellor and client" he said. trying to ap'
pear uneoncerned
"well. cir. You have the bes, OF rea'
sons for knowing wha, that relation H.
We DO no, need him on our side. bu,
spprehend you do on yours. A man who
has jus, escaped the gallo~' l. no, sl~sy'
such party as one likes TO res, bic ~hols
case on. Mn. Thayer's evidence is near
Iy all We need. and her story. with what
can be brough, to corobOra,e IL. IL AL
ths, is necessary"
"Hss she employed an attorney ? ask
cd Simpson.
III mus, decline to answer ,ha, qu's.
,ion." he said. moving TO the door.
"s,ay. sir! l have a proposition 10
make o'you, ,ha, ] eOn'idsr avery fair
one"
"lou made one. bu, shor, time ago.
which you considered a fair one. bu, Was
not qgie satisfactory 10 me. What Is
/, ?" he said. again facing The attorney.
III, /. this We will ~ 10 the office
and compare the signatures. bat stop. |
believe have IL here" said be. rising
and going TO hi. safe. "ifthe signature
/. genuine. will give a sia,emsn, OF
item. of whA, paid to the heir. and the
expense. OF settling the estate. and ] will
make you proposition TO settle. twill
take few days to do that. and you can
70 home. and as soon a. completed vii!
send by mail"
"Tha, !. reasonable. surely. While
the half sister had no righ, to anything
Of moment, under ,hi. will, ! will allow
a proper sum and also for legitimate ex-
pen.s., bat nothing more"
"You DO no, wan, me 20 pay u cut Of
my own pocket. do you ?"
"No, II you have done your whole du'
,y. bat We will no, speculate, will wAi,
Tor your statement.
lie left the attorney with the feeling
,ha, after all a looophole bad been lef, by
which fraud nigh, be prae,ised upon
him. Bu, wha; could be DO more' Tie
did no, wish to get into litigation. a. the
ThAyer family needed all they could OBJ
tain ou, Of the estate ,hA, was rish,fally
theirs. Ba, II the matter VAS forced In
10 the courts. !, nigh, ca, up the whole
Of their portion. |, was a case where
litigation might possibly be ruinou' TO
the interest. Of the family. he thought,
unless |, should appear, upon inve''isa.
ton. contrary 20 hi. expectA,iona 80
far =. be could determine. there WAS no
risk ia agreeing TO the delay.
The Taylor family was much surprised
AZ Samuels arrival home 10 mid win,er.
and on The errsnd which had forced him
to make such journey At ,ha, season OF
the year. The news Of hi. coming spread
through the village. and Mr.. Hooper call.
ed to pay him for hi, services In bis be.
half. and thank him for wha, he had
done. lie refused compensation.
III did no, undertake TO arrange your
Mr.. Hooper. for pay" he said.
"I did the best / could, and II you are
satisfied. | am. Ny expenses were but
little. a. those poor kind.heArted people
would take nothing. and time was OF no
TO me. | nigh, jus, as well
have been spending !, for you. /. any
body else"
"Ba, you have your own fortune to
make. and eAnno, afford TO spend your
time for n6.hing. An attorney would
have charged fifty pounds s' least. You
lifted a grea, load from my mind aud !
am willing 10 pay you a. much. OF what.
ever you say !, right" he urged.
"No. no. Mr.. Hooper! do no, want
I Gid no, do !, for pay, and
| c.nno, take the money"
The good minister. seeing ,hs, he was
determined to take nothing. thanked him
heartily. I'll shall make liberal present
to Ruth" he said. "io be spen, IN char.
~. The Lord has dealt generously with
me. and I mus, remember his goodness.
for "he who give,h to the poor. lendsih
unto the Lord" .. the Good Book says.
ale does, indeed" W. the exelsma-
ton Of Dei. Taylor
"Come over and see u.s." be said to
Samuel. as he took bis departure. "Ra,h
will waa, to know abou, her Christmas
venture"
Thank you" answered Samuel. III,
WAS like mama from the Lord TO the
children Of Israel. never saw 50 much
real happiness before. That poor family
look upon Ruth as al angel from the
other world
"Uod be merciful TO ,hem," exclaimed
the minister. and the ferven' "Amen'
from Des. Taylor and bis wife. rang In
his ears as the door closed behind him.
In . few days Samuel received from
Simpson = lta,emen, Of the Affairs rela..
ing to the estate Of Peter Brown. With
this, was an offer to pay three hundred
pounds, and give . deed OF the land
where the half.sis,er had lived. This
proposition was no, satisfactory to SAM
uel. lie had no means Of knowing jus,
wha, had been paid Aunt Betty. but he
did no, believe. from her manner Of liv-
ing, 1t was any such amount as the si,or.
ney claimed. Samuel accordingly went
to Boston to have q final interview. and
sfee, settlement II possible. He did
no, want the land. bu, as Mrs. Thsyer
was the legal heir after the husband. he
consented to accept It by the executors
giving a quit claim deed from him
which had already been prepared for the
purpOse-if they could agree on the sum
to be paid. Alter much negotiation. six
hundred pounds was agreed upon. as a
final settlement. and the money Was
paid over, with the deed OF the land.
"You have made better settlement,
than you could have done by litigation"
said the executor. "lt is more than i
oush, to pay, but as II goes to help that
poor family, I sm satisfied"
81 have no doubt Of IT," Was the re-
sponse, "and I am ss well pleased as
you are that tha, widow and her chill.
drsn have bsea lifted ou, Of poverty"